Chinchilla Digger Statue, War memorial statue in Chinchilla, Australia

The Chinchilla Digger Statue is a slightly under life-size sandstone soldier standing close to the front of the Chinchilla RSL Hall on Heeney Street, facing the road. The figure wears a slouch hat and holds a rifle resting against a tree-stump base. It is one of 55 surviving Queensland soldier statues from the 61 erected during or soon after World War I.

The memorial was unveiled on January 30, 1919 by Governor Sir Hamilton John Goold-Adams to commemorate local soldiers who fought in World War I. Its placement so soon after the war ended shows how quickly the community worked to mark the sacrifice of those who departed.

The memorial embodies how Australian communities raised funds together to honor those who served in the military, making it a symbol of shared local identity and civic responsibility. Walking past it, visitors see a place where the town gathered its resources to create something permanent for remembrance.

The statue faces Heeney Street on the front grounds of the RSL Sub Branch Hall, about a block south of Fuller Place, where the memorial pedestal now stands crowned by an aluminium obelisk. The two elements are separate sites, so visitors looking for the original 1919 memorial should check both.

The soldier is one of 55 surviving digger statues from the 61 erected across Queensland during or soon after World War I. The Chinchilla memorial was unveiled on 30 January 1919 by Governor Sir Hamilton John Goold-Adams, and the statue now stands about a block south of the memorial's re-erected pedestal in Fuller Place.